His disciples came by night. — The story was on the face of it self-contradictory. How could they tell, if they had been asleep, who had stolen the body? All that they could know was that they had fallen asleep, and that when they awoke the sepulchre was open and empty.
Verse Matthew 28:13. _HIS DISCIPLES CAME BY NIGHT_] This was as _absurd_ as it was _false_. On one hand, the terror of the disciples, the smallness of their number (only eleven;) and their almost tot...
14. HIS RESURRECTION AND THE GREAT COMMISSION. CHAPTER 28 _ 1. His Resurrection. (Matthew 28:1 .) 2. The Lying Report of the Jews.(Matthew 28:11 .) 3. The Great Commission. (Matthew 28:16 .)_ We ha
THE GUARD AND THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES (Mt. only). The paragraph is the sequel to Matthew 27:62 *. Matthew 28:15. unto this day: the date when the Gospel was written....
THE GREAT DISCOVERY (Matthew 28:1-10)...
While they were on their way, certain of the guard came to the city and told the chief priests all that had happened. When they had met with the ciders, they formed a plan. They gave a considerable am...
SAYING, SAY YE. Telling them to say....
_while we slept_ The penalty for which would be death....
THE ROMAN GUARDS ARE BRIBED This important testimony is given by St Matthew only....
ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΚΟΙΜΩΜΈΝΩΝ. The penalty for which would be death....
Ver 11. Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the Chief Priests all the things that were done. 12. And when they were assembled with the elders, and h...
_THE REJECTING SOLDIERS MATTHEW 28:11-15:_ The guards were placed at the tomb by Caiaphus so that the disciples would not steal the body. These guards saw every thing that happened, and reported it al...
ΝΥΚΤΌΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΝΎΞ (G3571) ночь. _Gen._ времени: “ночью”, “в ночное время”, ΈΚΛΕΨΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΛΈΠΤΩ (G2813) красть, ΚΟΙΜΩΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΚΟΙΜΆΟΜΑΙ (G2837) спат...
NOW WHEN THEY WERE GOING, &C.— The chief priests, having received the report of the guard, called the whole senate together, and consulted among themselves what they were to do. The deliberations, how...
SECTION 77 JESUS-' GUARDS TESTIFY TO HIS RESURRECTION TEXT: 28:11-15 11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that w...
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. SAYING, SAY YE, HIS DISCIPLES CAME BY NIGHT, AND STOLE HIM AWAY WHILE WE SLEPT - which, as we have observed, was a c...
5-8 Compare Mar_16:5-8; Luk_24:3-11. 9-10 Compare Mar_16:9-11. See Joh_20:17 18 This account is principally concerned with the rejection of the kingdom. How fitting that it should close with a previe...
HIS DISCIPLES, etc.] A somewhat inconsistent statement, since if they were asleep, they could not know that the disciples had stolen the body. It is important, however, to notice that this fiction of...
BRIBERY OF THE GUARDS (peculiar to St. Matthew). The report of the soldiers may have had something to do with the conversion of so many priests described in Acts 6:7....
THE RESURRECTION For the Resurrection see special article. 1-10. THE RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCE TO THE WOMEN (Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 20:1). If it be remembered that a considerable number of women...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 28 JESUS BECOMES ALIVE AGAIN 28:1-10 V1 The holy day had finished. Now it was dawn on the first day of the week. So Mary Magdalene a...
εἴπατε, introducing the lie they put into the mouths of the soldiers. The report to be set abroad assumes that there is a fact to be explained, the disappearance of the body. And it is implied that th...
_The guards and the priests_....
THE GREAT COMMISSION, OF THE RISEN LORD Matthew 28:11-20 What absurdity in this mendacious explanation! How could the soldiers know who stole the body, if they were _asleep?_ Skeptics have to believe...
“He is not here, He is risen!" That, surely, is the sweetest music. How beautifully it crowns the King. His enemies have rejected Him, and have proved their malice by handing Him over to their common,...
It hence appears, that the chief priests themselves were fully convinced of the fact; for otherwise, they would not have bribed the soldiers to dissemble, but would have accused the soldiers before th...
REPORT OF THE WATCH Matthew 28:11-15. “ _And they going_, _behold_, _certain ones of the watch_, _having come into the city_, _announced to the high priests all the things which have taken place. And...
"Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. (12) And when they were assembled with the elders, and had tak...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
I shall examine the details of the resurrection elsewhere Here I only consider its bearing in this Gospel. The sabbath ended (Saturday evening with us chapter 28), the two Marys come to see the sepulc...
SAYING, SAY YE HIS DISCIPLES CAME BY NIGHT,.... They charged them to tell every one that should ask them about this affair; and even publish it every where, that the disciples of Christ came in the de...
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him _away_ while we slept. Ver. 13. _Stole him away while we slept_] If it were Song of Solomon 1:1,17. Ye keep a good watch the while; and want...
_And when they were assembled_, &c. The chief priests, having received this report, called the whole senate together, and they consulted among themselves what they should do in this perplexing emergen...
The Jews did not deny the resurrection of Christ for want of evidence to prove it, nor did they hire the soldiers to tell a lie because they believed it or could substantiate it; but only to keep the...
The report of the watch:...
SAYING, SAY YE, HIS DISCIPLES CAME BY NIGHT, AND STOLE HIM AWAY WHILE WE SLEPT....
The Sabbath coming to an end, the two Mary's arrive at the grave early in the morning. Some have thought that Mary Magdalene came twice, though this does not seem clear, except that she evidently retu...
11-15 What wickedness is it which men will not be brought to by the love of money! Here was large money given to the soldiers for advancing that which they knew to be a lie, yet many grudge a little...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 28:15"....
Origen Against Celsus Book I belief that the place of His birth had been the subject of prophecy from the beginning, withheld such teaching from the people; acting in a similar manner to those individ...
Matthew 28:13 saying G3004 (G5723) Tell G2036 (G5628) them G3754 His G846 disciples G3101 came G2064 ...
‘Saying, “Say you, ‘His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.' The story that the soldiers had to spread around was that ‘His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we...
THE CHIEF PRIESTS BRIBE THE GUARDS SO THAT THEY WILL SAY THAT JESUS' BODY WAS STOLEN (28:11-15). This whole Section from Matthew 26:1 onwards commenced with the Chief Priests bribing Judas so that He...
THE FINAL TRIUMPH (28:7-20). Following this remarkable experience of the women, we now come to the climax of the Gospel, the resurrection appearances and the giving of the Great Commission. The subsec...
The two incidents of this section seem to have been placed together, to mark a contrast Judaism reaches its lowest point, when it must bribe heathen soldiers to lie for it. Matthew would thus lead the...
Matthew 28:13. STOLE HIM AWAY WHILE WE SLEPT. The story carries its refutation on its face. If all the soldiers were asleep, they could not discover the thieves, nor would they have proclaimed their n...
STOLE HIM AWAY WHILE WE SLEPT (εκλεψαν αυτον ημων κοιμωμενων). Genitive absolute. An Irish bull on the face of it. If they were asleep they would not know anything about it....
Matthew 28:11 The Chief Priests' Story. This tale of the high priests', if it be good for anything, will bear the same cross-examination and analysis as others in the annals of important jurispruden...
Matthew 28:1. _In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. And, behold, there was a great earthquake:...
Matthew 28:1. _In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher._ While the Jewish Sabbath lasted, they pai...
CONTENTS: Resurrection of Jesus. Jesus in Galilee and the great commission. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, 2 Marys, disciples. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ is declared to be the Son of God with pow...
The history and evidences of our Saviour's resurrection, being of infinite importance, are reserved to the last chapter of St. John. Matthew 28:1. _In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn towar...
AND STOLE HIS body. This story does not "stand up". (1) The soldiers would not dare to sleep while on duty. It was death to do so! (2) If they had been asleep, how could they know what had happened? ...
_Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole Him away._ THE CHIEF PRIESTS’ STORY I. Let us begin with an exact understanding of the whole story at once. II. Coolly and dispassionately it becomes...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 28:11 The SOLDIERS faced possible execution for neglecting their guard duty. In cooperating with the Jewish religious leaders, they at least have a chance to save themselves....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 28:1 The Resurrection and Commission of the Messiah. Matthew’s concluding chapter recounts Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. His resurrection confirms his identity and shows t...
CHAPTER 28 _In the evening of the Sabbath_ (Vulg.), _as the first day of the week was dawning_, &c. How could it be called evening if day was dawning, or even if, as S. Mark says, the sun were risen?...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 28:13. SAY YE, etc.—In addition to all the judgments of impotency, embarrassment, and rejection, they are now subjected to the judgment of stupidity (_Lange_). Let the critic...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 28:1 _Jesus rises from the dead, and appears to the holy women. _(Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 20
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of t...
Matthew 26:64...
THE SEVEN MIRACULOUS EVENTS Matthew 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The events centered around the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ were miraculous to say the least. One miracle generally c...
Say, his disciples came by night, and stole him while we slept — Is it possible, that any man of sense should digest this poor, shallow inconsistency? If ye were awake, why did you let the disciples s...